2012 Shortlist

The Retro Expo Awards hosted by Birmingham Energy Savers and Carillion Energy Services will recognise excellence in retrofit products, projects and people across the domestic, commercial and public sector markets. They will also celebrate excellence in all stages of the retrofit process. From large scale retrofit procurement to enabling technologies, real-world projects and R&D trials.

Forty seven businesses from across the UK have been shortlisted for the Retro Expo Awards. You can find out the winners on Wednesday 31st. The Awards ceremony will be a relaxed, networking evening held in the Green Deal Arena.

The full shortlist is:

Section 1: Technology Innovation

Building Fabric Innovation of the Year

This award recognises and rewards a major area of innovation in building fabric products.

ThermoShell® IWI system - Knauf Insulation
F.E.S-Board - Datum Phase Change Ltd
LoPro10 - Nu-Heat Underfloor & Renewables
NBT Pavadry System - Natural Building Technologies
WHISCERS™ (Whole House In Situ Carbon and Energy Reduction System) - United House Limited
Insumate Trays - Insumate Limited / Travis Perkins Group

Building Services Innovation of the Year

This award recognises and rewards a major area of innovation in building services products.

RACUS Ceiling Tile - Datum Phase Change Ltd
Solar PV Glass - Polysolar Limited
Ventive PVHR (Ventive S) - Ventive Ltd
Linea One combination boiler - Vokèra
Mill House - Viessmann & isoenergy
Fully integrated, controlled ASHP and large thermal store - British Gas Renewable Heat Team

Retrofit Innovation of the Year

This award recognises and rewards a major area of innovation in retrofit finance, procurement, design, specification or delivery.

Energy Performance Contract - The Real Green Deal - Places for People
Abseiling to overcome hard-to-treat cavities in high-rise buildings - London Borough of Islington and Avalon Abseiling Ltd
ReallySmartHouse - The Facility Architects & Consultants
Retrofit Standard Construction Drawings - Travis Perkins Group / Sustainable Building Solutions

Section 2: Project Delivery

Domestic Retrofit Project of the Year

This award is looking for the best individual domestic retrofit project. This may be a single dwelling, a block, terrace or any other small scale individual retrofit project.

HeatPod Project - Penwith Housing Association/Devon & Cornwall Housing
Eco-Energy Retrofit, Belfast - Eco-Energy (NI) Ltd
Elliot Drive EnerPHit Vs Affordable Retrofit - Encraft and Orbit Heart of England
Retrofit for Living - Penoyre & Prasad
Rural Homes Energy Efficiency & Affordable Warmth - Dumfries & Galloway Housing Partnership, British Gas
C80 refurb in North London Conservation Area - Robert Cohen and Robert Prewett
Botanic Road - Dragonboard Ltd and Constructive Thinking Studio
23 St Luke Street 'retrofit for the future' - Sanctuary Group, with Anne Thorne Architects, King Shaw Assoc, Seddons Contractors

Community-driven Retrofit Project of the Year

This award is looking for the best retrofit project driven by a community, demonstrating community leadership and the broad involvement of community stakeholders.

RE:NEW - Greater London Authority
Jones House & Rivers Estate Walsall CESP schemes - WHG, Walsall Council & British Gas
Peckham Low Carbon Zone - The Facility Ltd and London Borough of Southwark
Community Energy Saving Project Newark and Sherwood - British Gas

Non-domestic Retrofit Project of the Year

This award is looking for the best non-domestic retrofit project. This may be a single building, a block or any other small scale individual retrofit project.

Jubilee House - Alumet
The Sharp Project - PRP Architects LLP

Public Building Retrofit Project of the Year

This award is looking for the best retrofit of a publicly owned building.

Mayville Community Centre - Bere Architects
North Devon District Hospital - MHA Lighting
North Somerset Council Town Hall - Willmott Dixon / North Somerset Council

Large Scale Retrofit Project of the Year

This award is looking for the best projects demonstrating energy savings at scale. This may include area-based retrofit programmes, campus-wide schemes or the provision of energy infrastructure such as district heating networks for example.

EcoPod Barton Village - Belfry Group
Bunhill Heat and Power - Energy Services Team, London Borough of Islington
FutureFit - Affinity Sutton
Solar Photovoltaic Installation Project - Wrexham County Borough Council
SHINE - Stockport Homes

Retrofit Client of the Year

This award is looking for the best retrofit client of the year. The judging panel looked for evidence of: strategic organisational commitment to retrofit (e.g. strategic documents, processes); leadership and management commitment (i.e. people, skills, training); innovation; active engagement of others (e.g. customers, supply chain, communities); and follow-through to actual, completed retrofit projects.

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Institute for Sustainability

Section 3: People

Excellence in Retrofit Training Award

This award is looking for excellence in the development and provision of training for the retrofit industry. The judges looked for evidence of consistently high quality training provision that has had an impact on the delivery of retrofit; a strategic commitment to improving retrofit delivery through training; innovation; and a commitment to ensuring the wider benefits of training are maximised (developing links to local employers for example).

Easy MCS Ltd
Parity Projects and EAL Ltd
PPL Training Ltd

The DECC Retrofit Pioneer Award

This award, sponsored by DECC, is looking for the individual, team or organisation that has made the greatest contribution to low carbon retrofit over time. The judges looked for evidence of what has been achieved by the individual, team or organisation, the length of their commitment to the sector, and the likely outcomes of the individual, team or organisation's efforts. The Retrofit Pioneer Award may be awarded to a nominee or an individual, team or organisation associated with the winning entry of one of the other categories.

Justin Bere and BERE Architects
Penney Poyzer and Gil Schalom, The Nottingham Eco Home
John Doggart, Sustainable Energy Academy
Sustainable Building Solutions